Senior C++ Developer - Trading Systems

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Chandigarh; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is seeking a senior C++ developer to design and optimise high-performance, low-latency trading applications within a brokerage environment. The role focuses on modern C++, market data handling, order management, and exchange connectivity.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of C++ experience, strong knowledge of multithreading, Linux, and performance tuning, and will collaborate with traders and quants to deliver robust trading systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of C++ development experience.
• Proficiency in Modern C++ (C++17/20), data structures, algorithms.
• Experience with Linux, multithreading, TCP/IP and socket programming.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain low-latency trading applications in Modern C++ (C++17/20).
• Build and optimise market data, order management and execution systems.
• Develop multithreaded, high-performance applications and exchange connectivity.
• Optimise application performance, reliability and scalability; troubleshoot production issues; review code.
• Work alongside traders, quants and technology teams; mentor junior developers.

Skills

Modern C++

Data structures

Algorithms

STL

OOP

Linux

Multithreading

TCP/IP

Socket programming

Debugging

Performance optimization

Tools

Boost

IPC

Shared memory

Python

Job description

An established brokerage firm investing in proprietary trading across ETFs, index products, commodities and systematic strategies is hiring a senior C++ developer to build and optimise high-performance, low-latency trading applications.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain low-latency trading applications in Modern C++ (C++17 / C++20)
• Build and optimise market data, order management and execution systems
• Develop multithreaded, high-performance applications and exchange connectivity
• Optimise application performance, reliability and scalability; troubleshoot production issues; review code
• Work alongside traders, quants and technology teams; mentor junior developers

Required skills:

• 5+ years of C++ development; strong Modern C++, data structures, algorithms, STL and OOP; Linux, multithreading, TCP/IP and socket programming; strong debugging and performance optimisation.

Preferred skills:

• Aalgorithmic trading, proprietary trading or HFT experience; FIX protocol, market data feeds and low-latency system design; Boost, IPC, shared memory and Python.
• The gate here is engineering depth trading domain exposure is preferred, not required.